CITIZENS FOR A BETTER POPE CTY. v. CROSS

No. CV-20-145.

606 S.W.3d 579 (2020)

2020 Ark. 279

CITIZENS FOR A BETTER POPE COUNTY, a Local Option Ballot Question Committee; and James Knight, in His Individual Capacity, Appellants, v. Ben CROSS, in His Official Capacity as County Judge of Pope County, Arkansas; Phillip Haney, Caleb Moore, Tim Whittenburg, Reuben Brown, Jackie Heflin, Jamie Jackson, Blake Tarpley, Doug Skelton, Bill Sparks, James Kusturin, Ray Black, Joseph Pearson, and Ernie Enchelmayer, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Quorum Court of Pope County, Arkansas, Appellees, Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: September 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Malone , for appellants.

Daily & Woods, PLLC, Fort Smith, by: Colby T. Roe , for appellees.

McDaniel, Wolff & Benca, PLLC, by: Bart W. Calhoun , Scott Richardson , and Dustin McDaniel , Little Rock, for intervenor.


Intervenor Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC, and appellees have filed a joint motion to dismiss the appeal by Citizens for a Better Pope County (Citizens), a local option ballot question committee, and James Knight, in his individual capacity. In their motion, appellees argue the claims set forth in Citizens' appeal are moot. We agree and dismiss...

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